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Kidney disease increases risk of stroke in atrial fibrillation patients

Posted: August 27, 2012 Pharmaceutical

Kidney disease further increases the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Drug company lowers price of controversial blood thinner Pradaxa

Posted: April 3, 2012 Pharmaceutical

Boehringer Ingelheim has announced it is reducing the cost of its oral blood thinner, Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate), in the UK by 13 percent, a move that the company hopes will encourage the National Health Service (NHS) to make sure the

UK advisory panel recommends approval of controversial Pradaxa

Posted: March 22, 2012 Pharmaceutical

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH’s blood thinner Pradaxa has won the recommendation from the United Kingdom’s medical-cost regulator as a treatment to prevent strokes in patients with a life threatening type of irregular heartbeat. The recommendation was made in spite of concerns

FDA undertaking priority review of new anti-clotting drug

Posted: December 5, 2011 Pharmaceutical

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is undertaking a priority review for an experimental anti-clotting drug for the prevention of strokes and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat that raises the risk for serious blood clots.